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Force Majeure, Frustration and Relief Events

A practical course on navigating extreme events in construction projects—from the first disruption to a defensible relief package. Storms, epidemics, ground conditions, supply…

Claims Administration: From Early Warning to Determination

Construction claims rarely begin as formal claims. They begin as a late instruction, an unexpected site condition, a programme problem, an unanswered letter, a change in working…

Construction Procurement & Pricing: Choosing the Right Route and Commercial Model

Construction Procurement Strategy: Routes, Risk, Control & Pricing Choosing a procurement route is one of the most consequential decisions made at the beginning of a construction…

Contractor Insolvency & Financial Default: Protecting Your Project, Money and Completion

Contractor Insolvency & Financial Default: Protecting Your Project, Money and Completion A contractor in financial distress does not usually fail all at once. The warning signs…

Insurance, Bonds & Risk Transfer: Protecting the Project When Things Go Wrong

A practical course on understanding who really carries construction risk—and what happens when insurance, bonds, retention, and a live project crisis collide. Construction risk is…

The Art of Tendering & Bidding: From Invitation to Award

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A practical, case led course on how construction tenders are formed, evaluated, negotiated, challenged, and ultimately converted into a contract. Tendering is often treated as a…

Site Possession & Access: Managing Delay, Disruption & Recovery

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A short, practice led course on one of the most fundamental questions in construction: when does the contractor actually have the site, and what happens when access is delayed,…

Quantum - Pricing and Proving the Claim

Equip construction professionals to build the number properly — structuring heads of claim, separating prolongation from disruption, proving cost discretely instead of globally,…

Estoppel, Waiver and Conduct: When Practice Overtakes the Contract

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A short, practice led course on what happens when the way a construction project is actually run begins to diverge from what the contract says. Construction contracts prescribe…

Schedule Compression: Time-Cost Tradeoffs and Recovery Strategies

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Projects rarely lose time because the schedule itself is wrong. More often, the challenge comes when a project must finish earlier than planned—or recover time already lost. At…

Subcontracting and Back-to-Back Arrangements

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A short, practice led course on reading, pricing, and managing the risks hidden inside subcontract and back to back arrangements. A subcontract can look straightforward on the…

Exclusion and Limitation of Liability

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Equip construction professionals to read a limitation suite clause by clause, test it against the reasonableness control, and price real exposure — caps, carve outs, net…

Consultant and Professional Liability

Consultant and Professional Liability Learn how professional liability actually plays out — not through theory, but through one continuous case study you follow start to finish. A…

Negotiation of Construction Claims and Change Orders

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Negotiation of Construction Claims and Change Orders is a three lesson, practice first course that walks you through the exact moves professionals use to settle construction…

Quality Management in Construction Projects

"Every construction project has a quality problem — some just haven't discovered theirs yet." If you've ever dealt with rework that blew your budget, inspectors using different…